[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Archival object spreadsheet importer and Container Type dropdown

[Lara Michels]

Hi Dan,

Well, yes, we manage our container types in our controlled value lists. I
do use the yaml enums file to control the display value of all values in
the controlled value lists. So the yaml enums file will, for example,
contain values for container type like "oversize_box" with a translation
value of Oversize-box (because we want to use appropriate yaml language but
also want to control how our dropdown values display). All of the values
that the importer are rejecting are in the controlled value lists.

Lara
Lara Michels
Head of Archival Processing
Bancroft Library
UC Berkeley
510-643-7163
lmichels at berkeley.edu



On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 9:59 AM Dan Michelson <dmichelson at smith.edu> wrote:

> Hi Lara,
>
> Container types are managed through a controlled values list, not the yml
> file.  Are there values in that list that are not working with the importer?
>
> All the best,
>
> Dan
>
> On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 12:54 PM Lara Michels <lmichels at berkeley.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I wonder if anyone can advise us on an issue we are encountering with the
>> spreadsheet importer for archival objects. There are values for "container
>> type" available in our yml file that the spreadsheet importer does not seem
>> to recognize. This causes the import to fail. In other words, some "top
>> container type" values in the spreadsheet work fine and others do not (even
>> though all of them are in the yml file and work perfectly fine when we
>> assign them within the instance subrecord). They just don't work in the
>> spreadsheet importer, which gives us a message that the system does not
>> recognize some values. Any ideas why this might be happening? I cannot see
>> anything in the formatting of these values that should be an issue.
>>
>> Lara
>>
>> Lara Michels
>> Head of Archival Processing
>> Bancroft Library
>> UC Berkeley
>> 510-643-7163
>> lmichels at berkeley.edu
>>
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